Les Chouans (1947)
Directed by Henri Calef

History / Drama
aka: The Royalists

Film Synopsis

In 1779, the Marquis de Montauran returns to France and becomes the figurehead of a royalist uprising known as the Chouans.  Their Republican enemies recruit the aristocrat Marie de Verneuil to capture the Marquis and thereby weaken the resolve of the Chouans.  Unfortunately, Marie falls in love with the Marquis and is prepared to do anything so that she can marry him...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Henri Calef
  • Script: Pierre Brive, Charles Spaak, Honoré de Balzac (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Claude Renoir
  • Music: Joseph Kosma
  • Cast: Paul Amiot (Le comte de Beauvent), Roland Armontel (Beau Pied), Jean Brochard (Marche à terre), André Carnège (Frehel), Jacques Charon (Le lieutenant Merle), Pierre Dux (Le commandant Hulot), Guy Favières (Galope Chopine), Marcel Herrand (Corentin), Léo Lapara (Pille-Miche), Madeleine Lebeau (Marie de Verneuil), Jean Marais (Le marquis de Montauran), Palau (L'aubergiste), Georges Paulais (Le marquis de Guenic), Madeleine Robinson (Mme du Gua), Louis Seigner (L'abbé Gudin), Howard Vernon (Le capitaine Gérard), Roger Bontemps, Jean-Jacques Bourgeois, Jean-François Calvé, Roger Coirault
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 109 min
  • Aka: The Royalists

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